Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?
Date: 2001-11-26 19:41:23
Message-ID: 200111261941.fAQJfNv11895@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > 3) how should we update the docs for this?
> >
> > "--name=val may not work on some platforms, if not use -c name=val".
>
> OK, I will add that it doesn't work on FreeBSD and OpenBSD,
> specifically. This way, if it doesn't work on other platforms,
> hopefully we will hear about it.

OK, new text is:

The <option>--</> option will not work on FreeBSD or OpenBSD.
Use <option>-c</> instead. This should be fixed in
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3.

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